1 Samuel 13:1-3

New American Standard Bible

War with the Philistines

13 Saul was ^[a]thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for ^[b]forty-two years over Israel.

² Now Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of whom two thousand were with Saul in ^(A)Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while a thousand were with Jonathan at ^(B)Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent the rest of the people away, each to his tent. ³ And Jonathan attacked ^(C)the garrison of the Philistines that was in ^(D)Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul ^(E)blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”